19 October 13:00-18:30IDA Conference, Copenhagen

Nordic Fusion Forum 2026

The 3rd Nordic Fusion Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark marks the next step for fusion in the Nordic region — moving from awareness to action.

Building on last year’s forum, which highlighted fusion’s potential across the Nordics, this year’s event focuses on turning momentum into concrete progress. Policymakers, industry leaders, scientists, and investors will explore how to accelerate the development and industrialization of fusion energy.

The forum will highlight the strategic opportunity for the Nordics and Europe to position themselves as a hub for next-generation energy innovation.

We will explore:

  • Building a Nordic & European fusion ecosystem: partnerships, supply chains, workforce development, and offtake agreements
  • Policy and positioning: strengthening the Nordics’ role as leaders in fusion and innovation
  • Investment and impact: the business case for fusion, cross-sector applications, and early collaboration opportunities

More than a forum, this event marks the next step in turning Nordic ambition into real progress — positioning the region at the forefront of the emerging global fusion economy. ⚡🌍

Agenda

13:00

Pre-Mingle & Check in

13:30

Welcome to Nordic Fusion Forum 2026

Moderator: Erika Jangen
EU Senior Policy Advisor on Energy Technology
Moderator: Philip von Segebaden
Head of Partnerships - Novatron Fusion Group
13:35

Engineering the Fusion Future: A Welcome from IDA's President

Laura Klitgaard
President - IDA
13:40

Opening Keynote: Shaping Europe's Fusion Future

An overview of the EU's emerging fusion strategy and what Europe's ambition means for policy, investment, and industrial readiness in the years ahead.

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Jan Panek
Director for Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER, Directorate-General for Energy - EU Commission
13:55

Fireside Chat: From Policy to Power - Europe's Fusion Path

A candid conversation on what Europe's fusion strategy means in practice — where policy is creating momentum, where the gaps remain, and what the path to commercial fusion actually looks like.

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Moderator: Stuart Allen
CEO - FusionX Group
Anders Wulff
CEO - Subra & Vice-Chair of The European Fusion Association
14:05

Panel: Policy vs. Reality - What the Fusion Industry Actually Needs

A frank exchange between industry and the world's largest fusion project on where European policy is working, where it isn't, and what it will take to move from big science to commercial scale.

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Olga Bakardzhieva
EU Director - Fusion Industry Association
Dr. Alain Bécoulet
Deputy Director General & Chief Scientist - ITER
Moderator: Erika Jangen
EU Senior Policy Advisor on Energy Technology
14:20

Panel: Nordics and Europe in the Global Fusion Race

How the Nordics and Europe can secure a seat at the table in the global fusion race — and what political will, regulatory alignment, and strategic coordination need to deliver.

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Karl Thedéen
CEO - Studsvik
Moderator: Stuart Allen
CEO - FusionX Group
Jan Panek
Director for Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER, Directorate-General for Energy - EU Commission
14:50

Panel: Shaping the Energy Transition: Leadership, Capital & Industrial Scale

The decisions, commitments, and coalitions that will define the Nordic energy transition in the decade ahead.

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Daniel Nordgren
Vice President Generation Fleet Development & Chief Nuclear Officer - Vattenfall
Henrikki Talvitie
CEO - St1
Simon Roche
Global Markets, Fusion Account Executive - Westinghouse
Henric Thorsén
Business Development Director - Siemens Energy
Moderator: Philip von Segebaden
Head of Partnerships - Novatron Fusion Group
15:25

BREAK

15:55

Keynote: Novatron as a Infrastructure Asset for the Nordics

An introduction to Novatron's fusion technology and its potential as a long-term energy infrastructure asset for the Nordic region.

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Peter Roos
CEO - Novatron Fusion Group
16:05

Panel: Nordics Shaping the Fusion Industry

The Nordic companies already turning fusion ambition into industrial reality.

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Anders Wulff
CEO - Subra & Vice-Chair of The European Fusion Association
Daniel Gidlund
CEO - Freemelt
Moderator: Linda Werner
Head of Fusion - St1
Peter Roos
CEO - Novatron Fusion Group
Dr. Volker Naulin
CEO & Co-Founder - Dante Fusion
16:30

Panel: Regional de-risking to Scale Commercial Fusion Power Plants

How do you de-risk fusion at a regional level to attract the kind of institutional capital and utility commitment that moves it from pilot to commercial scale.

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Dr. Rainer Sessner
CEO - Bayern Innovativ
Simon Glossop
Director - Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank
Moderator: Philip von Segebaden
Head of Partnerships - Novatron Fusion Group
Dr. Lukas Mengis
Manager Business Development - RWE
Dr. Kathrin Baumgartner
Project Manager Fusion Technologies - Bayern Innovativ
16:55

A Shared Vision for Nordic Fusion

Tobias Petrini
Head of Investment Promotion Scandinavia - Invest Finland & Business Finland
17:05

Panel: How to Build a Nordic Fusion Alliance?

How Nordic countries can align around a shared vision to strengthen their collective position in the global fusion economy.

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Tuomas Tala
Research Professor in Fusion Technology - VTT & FinnFusion
Anna Liberg
Head of Strategy - Business Sweden
Moderator: Valerie Jamieson
Development Manager - The Fusion Cluster
Martin Søndergaard
Head of Grand Solutions - Innovation Fund Denmark
Jarmo Heinonen
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives for Industry Renewal - Business Finland
Søren Bang Korsholm
Senior Scientist at DTU, Danish fusion ILO & Director of DANfusion
17:35

Closing Remarks

Peter Roos
CEO - Novatron Fusion Group
17:40

Mingle

Speakers

Henrikki Talvitie
CEO - St1

Henrikki is the CEO of St1 Nordic Oy since 2018. Prior to that, he was the CEO of North European Oil Trade Oy between 2007-2018. Henrikki has held various management positions in the energy sector value chains and energy transition. He is a board member of Novatron Fusion Group since 2025.

Henrikki holds an M.Sc. in International Economics from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.

Daniel Gidlund
CEO - Freemelt

Karl Thedéen
CEO - Studsvik

Peter Roos
CEO - Novatron Fusion Group

Before Peter became the CEO of Novatron Fusion Group, he served as the acting CEO of FindOut Technologies and Prevas InfoVis. He has a long history of entrepreneurship in technology companies. As a former developer, Peter’s work has focused on organizational and business development for high-tech firms to improve the efficiency of their development organizations.Peter holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, along with studies in economics.

Laura Klitgaard
President - IDA

Moderator: Philip von Segebaden
Head of Partnerships - Novatron Fusion Group

Søren Bang Korsholm
Senior Scientist at DTU, Danish fusion ILO & Director of DANfusion

Søren Bang Korsholm is a Senior Scientist in plasma physics and fusion energy at the Technical University of Denmark, specializing in the development and exploitation of fusion diagnostics. Additionally, he is the Danish Industrial Liaison Officer to F4E and ITER, and is currently chairing the ILO Network. He is co-founder of BigScience.dk, the Danish network of 350 companies interested in supplying to big science facilities.

Moderator: Stuart Allen
CEO - FusionX Group

Daniel Nordgren
Vice President Generation Fleet Development & Chief Nuclear Officer - Vattenfall

Dr. Rainer Sessner
CEO - Bayern Innovativ

Moderator: Valerie Jamieson
Development Manager - The Fusion Cluster

Simon Glossop
Director - Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank

Anders Wulff
CEO - Subra & Vice-Chair of The European Fusion Association

Moderator: Linda Werner
Head of Fusion - St1

Martin Søndergaard
Head of Grand Solutions - Innovation Fund Denmark

Dr. Lukas Mengis
Manager Business Development - RWE

Tobias Petrini
Head of Investment Promotion Scandinavia - Invest Finland & Business Finland

Dr. Kathrin Baumgartner
Project Manager Fusion Technologies - Bayern Innovativ

Jarmo Heinonen
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives for Industry Renewal - Business Finland

Moderator: Erika Jangen
EU Senior Policy Advisor on Energy Technology

Anna Liberg
Head of Strategy - Business Sweden

Tuomas Tala
Research Professor in Fusion Technology - VTT & FinnFusion

Tuomas Tala is a Research Professor in fusion technology at VTT, with a career spanning decades in plasma physics and fusion energy. He spent ten years at the Joint European Torus (JET) in the UK, where he contributed to experiments and modelling of plasma transport phenomena. Prof. Tala has played a central role in coordinating Finland’s participation in the Euratom fusion program and leads the national FinnFusion consortium, fostering collaboration between research institutions, universities, and industry.

Jan Panek
Director for Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER, Directorate-General for Energy - EU Commission

Simon Roche
Global Markets, Fusion Account Executive - Westinghouse

Dr. Alain Bécoulet
Deputy Director General & Chief Scientist - ITER

Henric Thorsén
Business Development Director - Siemens Energy

Olga Bakardzhieva
EU Director - Fusion Industry Association

Dr. Volker Naulin
CEO & Co-Founder - Dante Fusion

Venue

Congress Hall

The Congress Hall at IDA Conference is located on Kalvebod Brygge in central Copenhagen, a short distance from Copenhagen Central Station and with easy access from the airport.

Parking is available in connection with the venue and access to 8 charging stations from Clever.